Riviera Paint Restoration

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Adam
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Riviera Paint Restoration

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Any of you that have seen the Riviera know that the paint/clear-coat is in terrible. I tried to bring it back using some Mother's polishing products I have, plus clay bar. I didn't take that many pictures, but these should show some results.

This is the hood, but is pretty representative of the whole car.
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Hood after polishing and waxing. You can still see scratches, but it is shinyer.
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This is the roof to pillar transition, I had already polished the pillar in this shot.
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Its a much better looking 20' car now. Maybe I'll take a 20' shot tomorrow to compare with the photos from when I bought it.
Adam
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Re: Riviera Paint Restoration

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What this paint really needs is that wet sanding + new clear-coat thing Kevin linked to. Maybe next year.
kevm14
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Re: Riviera Paint Restoration

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I was just about to suggest that. It would be a good trial.

Polishing clear cost that is failing is not going to last. I tried this on my Caprice a long time ago and all it did was accelerate the issue.
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